KWITA IZINA: WHERE HISTORY AND TRADITION MEET TO CELEBRATE CONSERVATION
Kwita Izina is a traditional ceremony organised by Rwandans to celebrate and welcome a newborn in a family. This ceremony offers the opportunity for family members, friends and neighbors to give a name to the new family member. They all meet in the family’s home and each give a name of his/her choice. A child can have even more than 1,000 names in a large family of 1,000 members. But, the child will be known only under the names given…